How Could I Ever Forget?

How Could I Ever Forget? - Alice Ripley

We were still living downtown

My black coat thrown over my blue nightgown

You drove too fast

The lights of the city flew past

How could I ever forget

Outside the morning was cool and wet

He had such chills

But still he lay there so still

Just eighteen months old

So cold

We rain him inside

Lost worrying wondering

That hospital room

That gloom

How could I ever forget

How could I ever forget

Screaming at doctors alarmed upset

God I was so upset

They said to wait

Diana don't

You never said we were too late

But I was a child

So many years ago

Raising a child

So much we could not know

Those weeks full of joy

Then a moment of dread

Someone simply said

Your child is

How could I ever forget

How could I ever forget

This was the moment my life was set

That day that I lost you

It's clear as the day we met

How could I ever forget